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Use of a serum beta-glucan assay for diagnosis of HIV-related Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in patients with negative microscopic examination results.

AuthorsMary L Pisculli, Paul E Sax
JournalClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (Clin Infect Dis) Vol. 46 Issue 12 Pg. 1928-30 (Jun 15 2008) ISSN: 1537-6591 [Electronic] United States
PMID18540807 (Publication Type: Letter, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Proteoglycans
  • beta-Glucans
  • polysaccharide-K
Topics
  • Adult
  • Antifungal Agents (therapeutic use)
  • Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid (microbiology)
  • HIV Infections (complications)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumocystis carinii (isolation & purification)
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis (diagnosis, microbiology, pathology, physiopathology)
  • Proteoglycans
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Sputum (microbiology)
  • beta-Glucans (blood)

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